Erie woman faces charges for helping suspect in December shooting

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Erie police have filed criminal charges against a woman accused of helping a man flee the city after a shooting at an eastside apartment in December.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Carolyn S. Shannon, 24, of Erie, on charges of hindering apprehension and tampering with physical evidence.

Shannon, who remained at large Wednesday, is accused of driving Kendell C. Foster, 41, to Farrell, Mercer County, after police said Foster and two other people broke into an apartment in the 2700 block of Parade Street on Dec. 20 and shot a man there.

The victim, Robert Gore, 23, remains hospitalized.

Attempted homicide and other charges that Erie police filed against Foster in the shooting were dismissed at the conclusion of his preliminary hearing on Wednesday.

Prosecutors on Wednesday withdrew similar charges that police had filed against one of Foster's alleged accomplices, Dimis Colon-Cruz, 32.

Police have not identified or apprehended the third suspect in the robbery and shooting.

Police charge that Shannon drove Foster to Farrell in a borrowed truck on the morning of Dec. 21 after he sent her a text message stating that he had been shot and needed a ride out of town. Shannon picked Foster up in the 500 block of Wallace Street and dropped him off at a woman's house in Farrell, according to police and the criminal complaint.

A check of Shannon's cell-phone records found that six text messages sent by Foster to her phone on the morning of Dec. 21 had been deleted, according to court documents.

-- Tim Hahn

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